Siddha Nagarjuna
Siddha Nagarjuna
fire wind space
A person is not earth, not water, Not fire, not wind, not space, Not consciousness, and not all of them. What person is there other than these?
buddhist attachment desire
There is pleasure when a sore is scratched, But to be without sores is more pleasurable still. Just so, there are pleasures in worldly desires, But to be without desires is more pleasurable still.
void dependent
Because there are no phenomena which are not dependent arisings, there are no phenomena which are not void.
wheels misery pleasure
The misery which follows pleasure is the pleasure which follows misery. The pleasure and misery of mankind revolve like a wheel.
spring ocean water
True knowledge is a virtue of the talented, but harmful to those without discernment. Spring water free of impurity, entering the ocean, becomes undrinkable.
peace honey bees
He who does not attempt to make peace / When small discords arise, / Is like the bee's hive which leaks drops of honey / Soon, the whole hive collapses.
learning desire ease
If you desire ease, forsake learning.
buddhist philosophy essence
All philosophies are mental fabrications. There has never been a single doctrine by which one could enter the true essence of things.